Cap or headwear.



J. H. LIEDERMAN.

CAP 0R HEADWEAR.

APPLiCATiON FILED SEPT. 19. 1911.

L%&%@& mmed May14,1918.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James H. Lmnnrrran,

the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventeda certain new and-useful Improvement in Gaps or Headwear, of which the following is a specificatlon, reference beforming a part thereof.-

and useful improvement in caps or headwear.

With vizored caps as heretofore generally,

constructed, so far as I am aware, the vizor,

-while useful as a shade in shielding the eyes from sun-glare, interferes more or less with the sight, and this is particularly true when the cap is pulled down upon the head to bringjthe vizor more closely in front of the eyes to protect the eyes from dust and the like. The principal object of my present invention is to provide a cap havlng a convertible vizor composed of a transparent member or vizor proper and a non-trans.- parent semi-removable flap-covering there-- for, the flap normally restmg upon and con cealing the vizor' proper and the cap then presenting the appearance of the ordinary cap with the vizor useful merely as a non- I transparent shield for the eyes. When, how

ever, thecap is pulled'down upon the head- I and the flap turned up and the-transparent visor-member thusexposed, the vizor is converted into a combination shield and window after be described and afterward pointed out for the eyes, the vizor being fe'atures'of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as Wlll hereinin the claims.- I

In the accompanying drawing, 7 Figure 1 is an elevational view of a cap embodying my invention, the cap being shown as normally worn with the vizor-fiap ,turneddown and the transparent *vizormember coveredor concealed;

Fig.- 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View of the cap as shown.- in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is also an elevational view of the cap, the cap, however, being shown as ab-' normally worn with the vizor-flap turned up and the transparent visor-member exposed;

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iipcoifieation of Letters Patent.

This invention relates to a certain new then useful both as a dust and sunshield and as a window for the eyes in aid of vision.

I With the above and other objects in view, my present invention resides in certain novel- Patented May id, 11918,

Application tiled st amer 1a, 1917. Serial at. 192,111.

-Fig. his an enlarged fragmentary sec tional view of the cap as shown in .Fig. 3.

Referring to the said drawing, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the body-portion of the cap, which may be of any suitable preferably flexible material and which is preferably inturned or folded upon itself at its: lower edge, as at 2.

3- indicates the inner or "so-called sweatband of the .cap, which is also preferably foldedvupon. itself at its lower edge, as at/i.

The vizor of the cap-comprises a suitably shaped. section 5 of'any suitable preferably flexible transparent materia-L'such as sheet celluloid, and a correspondingly shaped flexible covering-flap. ,At and along its upper edge, the section 5' has fixed thereto, 4

as by thread-stitches or the like 6, short sec-' tions' 7 of any suitable flexible material, preferably of'the same material as that of. 'which the body-portion 1 is composed,

which sections? are adapted to form and provide what might be described as a hinge or securing-mom section 5. And, further, the vlzor-section 5 er for transparent vizorbeing hingedly fastened, as described, tothe body-member 1, both the covering-flap and the 'vizor-section 5 may be swung or moved together into an approximately upright position relatively to the body-member. 1, or approxlmately into the osition shown with respect to the coverin'gap in Figs; 3 and 4,- jthe cap being thereby converted into substantially what. might be called a-vizorle'ss cap. The outer marginal edge of section 5 is preferably for neatn'e'ss and protection covered, as shown, by a binding or tape 8.

The covering-fiap-lncludes preferably an outer or upper section 9 preferably also of the same material as that-of which bodyportion 1 is composed, and an inner or under section 10 of suitable material preferably green in color and hence comfortable to the eyes. The upper edges ofthe sections 9 and "10, as wellas also the upper edges ofthe sections 7, are interposed within body-portion 1 between the 'inturned edge 2 of bodyportion 1 and the-inturned edge 4 of band 3,

and all said parts securedtogether, as by one operation.- The sections 9 and 10 are preferably inturned or folded u on themselves at their free edge and sewe or otherwise secured together, as shown.

thread stitchesor the" like 11, preferably in v My new cap is adapted to be normally used or worn as the ordinary cap, as. shown in Fig. 1. When so worn, the'vizor-proper provides a support for the covering-flap, which latter is adapted to normally rest upon and cover or conceal the transparent vizor-section 5, and with the flap insuch position, my new combination vizor ,serves merely, as in the ordinary cap, as a shade for 'shielding'the eyes from sun-glare and the like, In motoring, however, for instance, a. cap of this type is usually pulled downupon'the head and .the vizor correspondingly brought more closely in front of thejeyes, so as to then also shleld the eyes from dust and the Wind. When the cap is so pulled down upon the head, the covering- .flap is turned up into the osition thereof shown in Figs, 3 and 4:, being retained in such'position. by the tension of the cap upon 20.

the head, and the transparent vizor-section thus fully exposed, the transparent 'vizorsection then forming and, providing a shield for fully protectin the eyes-from sun-glare,

dust, the wind, an the like, but also servingas a window. for clear, unobstructed vision.-

I am aware that minor changes in the form, constructiom;arrangement, and c0mbination of the several parts of 'my new .cap may be made and substituted for thosehere in shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-i ent is:

a new article of manufacture, a cap or the like includinga body-portion and a vizor, the-vizor comprising atransparent section hingedlyfastened to the body-portion and a nontransparent flexible flap also fastened to the body-portion and adapted to normally rest upon and cover the transparent section, the transparent section and covering flap being movable together into an i approximately upright position relatively to the body-portion and the flap being further adapted 'to be separately turned up to expose the transparent section and the trans parent section being then adapted when brought down in front of the eyes to provide a shield and window for the eyes.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a cap or the like including a body-portion, a section of flexible material fixed to and along the lower front edge of the body-portion, a

transparent vizor-section fixed'to said'section, said section providing a hinge between the transparent vizor-section and the bodyportion, whereby the vizor-section may be swun relatively to thebody-portion, and a flexib e flap also fixed to-the lower. front edge of the bodyeportion and. adapted to normally rest upon and .conceal the transparent vizor-section, the transparentsection v and flap being" both movable into an apa shield and window for the eyes.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

moon-H. LIEDERMAN. 1 

